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[Part 1] [Part2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Part 5] Less than a week prior, I received a late night text message from fellow Lost Trailblazer, Jenelyn Castillo, “Maui for Martin Luther King weekend (14-16)? Haleakala perhaps???” Though I LOVE camping at Haleakala, I basically responded that it could drop to near freezing temperatures… as the […]

After a failed attempt to reach the summit of Puu Kaua from the Kolekole Pass this past summer, Baron Yamamoto and I had a personal vendetta to reach the summit from an alternative route. Therefore today, we considered coming from the “Palikea direction” along the Waianae Summit Trail (WST). Along the Waianae Summit, we found […]

If you are lucky, a few days in winter will allow you to witness the spectacle above. It may as be as clear as this day, but none-the-less, is still a gorgeous view. What am I talking about? If you haven’t recognized the landscape, its the full moonset (or near full) from Diamond Head Crater! […]

Heleakala to Palikea was a beast that I hardly care to document, but since other people asked about it I’ll write a few words about it… We (Laura Carothers, Jennifer Liu, Baron Yamamoto, Joshua Serrano, Rosie Ho and I) started the trail at ~730am, near the residential area at the end of Helelua Street in […]

Much apologies for the delay for those of you who follow my blog regularly… As soon as I returned from the November California trip, I was thrown into several adventures, of which made it difficult to finish the 9 posts from Lowe Trail, Yosemite and Joshua Tree. The day after thanksgiving, I was fortunate enough […]

Combining valley, waterfall, ridge and summit hikes into one, Kaau Crater Rim Trail is by far one of my favorite trails on the island of Oahu. There are a couple different routes you can follow to hike in Palolo. (1) You can either go up to the summit via the valley trails to the waterfalls […]

One of our first advanced hikes as the “Lost Trailblazers,” Puu Kawiwi to No Name to Tiki Ridge was a very memorable adventure for all of us. Last weekend we were fortunate enough to receive in an invite from the 808 Caveman himself (Marcus Griego) to revisit Puu Kawiwi, but this time traverse the Kamaileunu […]

On a pacific island slightly north of the equator, we are surrounded by water that is moderately warm and consistent in temperature throughout the day/night. After the sun goes down, the land does not experience the dramatic cooling like that experienced by equatorial, inland regions of continents. Warm, moist air / water vapor from the […]

Despite being one of the more extreme hikes on the island of Oahu, Pali Puka to Lanihuli was more of a mind game than anything else. Don’t get me wrong… the narrow ridgeline can be dangerous as hell, but minding what is in front of you rather than the 1000 foot drops on the side […]

Though feeling as if I had just came back from Kalalau, another camping / backpacking trip was in the works… and only 2 weeks away. A handful of the Lost Trailblazers were fortunate enough to get invited by the infamous “Kaleo Landcaster” to Waimanu Valley on the North Kohala Coast (Hawaii Island). I have wanted […]